John horton



J. HORTON.

Lamp Shade.

No. 91,020. I Patented June 8, 1869.

ifinitml glam JOHN HORTON, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

o Letters Patent No. 91,020, dated J mm 8, 1869.

SHADE FOR GAS AND LAMP-BURNERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concemz:

Be it known that I, J onn Honron, of Nos. 233 and 235 Canal street, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Shade for Gas and Lamp-Burners and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature andprinciples of my said improvement, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in that class of shades, for gas and lamp-burners, which are. transparent, or semi-transparent, such, for instance, as those made of porcelain, ground glass, or thin paper.

The invention, however, is more especially designed for porcelain or ground-glass shades, or those of similar material, which cause the light to bcsubdued, but still admit of alarge volume passing through it, the glare of the flame being simply subdued.

Hitherto, this class of shades has been constructed with open bottoms, and, in case of the shade being much elevated, the eyes of the person using the lamp are subjected to the glare of the flame.

. The object of the present invention is to obviate this difficulty; and, to this end,

It consists in having the shade constructed with a bottom, transparent, or semi-transparent, like the other portion, and which may be of the same material, and all blown, cast, or otherwise made in one piece.

This bottom is provided with a central aperture, to admit of the chimney,-or burner of the lamp passing through it, all being so arranged as to effectually screen the eyes from the glare of the flame, even when the former are below'the latter, as will be hereinafter fully shown and described.

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In the accompanying sheet of drawings-- tion.

. Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

A represents the shade of the lamp, which may be constructed of porcelain, ground glass, or other material, and of conical or other suitable shape.

This shade is constructed with a bottom, B, which hasacentral opening, a, through which the chimney and burner, either or both, pass, the burner or flame being above the bottom B, as clearly shown in fig. 1.,

By this arrangement, it will be seen that the flame of the burner is entirely enclosed by the shade, at the side and bottom of the same.

The top of the shade-may be made with the usualsized opening, to allow a chiinney to pass through, if one be used, there being no object in having the top of the shade made with a small opening.

A person in using this lamp-shade, therefore, will be perfectly protected from the glare of the flame, however much the shade and border may be elevated above the level of the eyes.

I do not claim a translucent disk, made of a separate piece from, but applied in connection with the shade of a gas or other burner.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- A transparent or a semi-transparent shade, A, for gas or lamp-burners, constructed with a bottom, B, the shade and bottom being made entire, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

JOHN HORTON. Witnesses:

J. O. MOINTYRE,

H. L. WATTENBERG.

Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my inven- 

